Man killed in single car crash on Monte Sano Ave.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating a single car crash that left one man dead.

According to BRPD, the crash happened in the 3000 block of Monte Sano Avenue around 4:30 a.m. on Friday, May 22.

Officials say the driver, Stanley Norwood, 54, was driving eastbound on Monte Sano Ave. and for unknown reasons his vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a chain-link fence and wooden utility pole.

Investigators believe that he was not wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash. Norwood was pronounced dead at the scene.

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